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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
Words cannot begin to express my horror and rage at this senseless slaughter of innocents. There can never be an adequate explanation of why someone would believe that this would make things in their world right. Nothing can ever justify the murder of children.
That this individual had severe mental issues cannot be denied, the question is why these issues were not addressed in time to prevent this will be endlessly debated. But the killer has achieved one goal, he will now be remembered.
There are blogs out on the net right now, talking about how "cool" this killer is for "doing it to the man" and "he should have killed more of the little piggies."
Our society has reached a new low. And I fear for that society.
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Though I understand that the mentally ill should by and large not be allowed to own firearms, I hope they don't use this incident as a sort of open season against the mentally ill. We are a grossly-misunderstood minority in this country and virtually none of us are dangerous in everyday life.
And I don't think this should be used to pass more anti-firearms legislation. Both anti-gun and gun nuts are going to react in a knee-jerk fashion. We don't really need new legislation -- we need good, tight enforcement of what we have. Enforcement of gun legislation sucks right now in this country. And if you're going to have a firearm, you have to expect that you have a responsibility to handle, care, and store that firearm properly, perhaps more than your responsibility to keep your driving skills and knowledge of driving laws up to par.
People who even
point a firearm at a civilian is wrong. No two ways about it. Anyone who is more than a few days into Basic knows that, and classes that teach such gun basics should be a part of every gun license.
You shoot at kids you're not only a fucking coward, you deserve (to turn a phrase) a special place in hell.